Making a new life from my passion "capturing moments"

Month: October 2015

ill start off by telling you a story that happened to me about a year ago which has given me the motivation to do this project. i work in a retail and have done for many years and i pride myself on my customer service and ability to build rapport with all kinds of clientèle. … More Long term Project “TwINDIVIDUALITY”

the task set by my lecturer is to give a critical analysis and review of a photography exhibition. Other Americas is a presentation of an award winning body of work by acclaimed photographer Sebastiao Salgado (b. 1944, Brazil). Taken between 1977 and 1984 this collection of black-and-white photographs focus on Latin America, exploring it as a … More Critical review of a gallery exhibition

The Embracing Africa Project is coming to Coventry! This festival will feature some amazing acts ranging from a colourful African Kings and Queens Parade to Drummers and Azonto dance Performances! With a DJ, Comedian, a children’s dance group and FREE entrance, this is one BIG event you do not want to miss! https://www.facebook.com/events/512749268889746 I popped … More Embracing Africa

“I hope that my work will encourage self-expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.” —Ansel Adams With these words in mind my partner and i took a trip recently to go and see relatives down in Burnham-on-Sea, it is a town in Somerset, England, at … More Burnham on Sea

For one of my modules i have to look into my city which is a task set by one of my lecturers Daniel Burwood who has a great talent for documentary and photo-journalistic images. Dan is one of the co founders of the Some cities project along with Andrew Jackson who came to our college … More “The heartbeat of a city

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle A project that was given to me last week at college was to reference a famous studio shot showing knowledge of lighting and composition to recreate the shot. thus showing my understanding of the studio as an art form … More Recreating a famous studio shot

Everyone has that bargain once in a while. Now I never thought that a bargain I would shout about would be the purchase of a book. But I really have to shout about this one whilst on my travels I popped into a local charity shop who have a large selection of books and reference … More “Truth”

“Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see” Rene Magritte As a lifelong passion with art i have had a great love and fondness for the surrealist movement. i spent many years studying the works of Rene Magritte and Escher . below is a piece … More Inspiration all around

as the title of this post would suggest i haven’t been out with my camera as much as i would like to as i have just started my course so have been pretty busy with that. so it made a really nice change after doing so much research to be inspired by other photographer and … More Getting out with my camera